Family’s Magical COB HOUSE made w/ Earth, Sand & Straw! 

Until the government gets involved.

@@nonyabusiness3619 Thats the Problem in Germany. With all the permits and controls etc. it`s nearly impossible, especially if you can`t afford to live in a completely remote area(because of the job or else).

@@nonyabusiness3619 Yep, government or the lender. This is what happened to friends. They wanted to build a straw bale home. (More efficient and sturdier than you think. And cheaper!) The bank would not give the loan.

@@nonyabusiness3619 And isn’t that true of most things? In these crazy times where people are going to be out on the streets due to foreclosure, evictions or just the lack of employment I think it’s time to think radically different about housing. Although I’m unable to build anything myself, being in a wheelchair, I sure wish I could provide myself a cob house, a tiny house or even a RV to stay in. Homes like this one should be encouraged not frowned upon. Annie in TN 💕

@@nonyabusiness3619 exactly what I wanted to say...

But this is public knowledge. The people in the rural areas all make their houses with this material, of course with a little more of technque, but very common. This houses are very fresh in hot areas like my country, for which they don't need air conditioner or ventilators.

Here in the U.S. most people still build with wood. We need our trees for oxygen on this planet so I tell people about Cobb building whenever I can.

What makes it even more amazing to me is that they added a LOFT to their cob house. I tip my hat to this couple.

@@thoughtsfromathenasreality Yep, educating others is how we're going to save our planet.

Repent to Jesus Christ “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭68:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ J

Me too!!!!

Me too!!!

"actually"

Sounds like some sjw bs

@jerizwien j lol im going to live off grid when I retire im not against that or growing your own food or anything like that. Its all the other bs that sjw's attach to it. AOC'S green new deal, the world is going to end in 12 years, gretta tuneberg, how dare you! You stole my childhood. Global warming. Its all fear mongering to heard the population in the direction the elites want them to go. But go ahead be an npc. Im smarter than that i can easily make decisions for myself based on facts. Reeeeeeeeeeeee lol

Now I do have to pay for mortgage or rent

bro literally, I wanted to know if I can have a house with no electricity involved, & after seeing this video, ITS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE😭😭😭 now, I just need my bestfriend to ATLEAST live next to me or something so that I have someone to interact with & then I also need a cat.

I'm sure building a cob house costs a fair bit too.

same!!! im almost 24 and dream about this everyday♥️ it would be so cool to build like a whole village of people looking for the same kind of lifestyle and just support eachother

@@puppie1 that is my ultimate dream!! an alternative home commune & garden village would be so cool ☺️

Do you have social media? I’d love to speak with you!

If you can work remote, the smartest move is to make something extremely small as fast as possible and live in it until you can get more money and expand as you can with no pressure. By small i mean 2.5m by 3.5m interior max. Just bed workspace and heat source. You can cook and other stuff outside. The cost on this is less then 2k. This assumes you have the land which can be super expensive. Construction is around 2 weeks once you have the materials on site. So comes down to - with 1 month of work on a minimum wage job, and 2 weeks of work on your house, you can essentially move in and be essentially free in 1.5 months. Pretty crazy compared to any alternatives. At least this is how it works in my area - is only 2k because i have the land.. without the land can be upward of 32k just for a start :) The mistake is to "wait for the right moment" for months and years - and pay rent in the meantime, and not gather extremely useful skills and insights into the construction process with which you can then build the actual dream house you want. It will take years anyway. And you can't do it right the first time if you had no previous experience. So i encourage you to start thinking about an MVP and make it real and move in as fast as possible. To build that valuable experience and allow yourself to fail on a small scale. You have not much to loose. All i'm saying is.. take pen and paper.. and see if you can realistically make that "one day I'll have a natural home of my own" .. be next month (if you are in the south), or next spring since the winter is almost here (in the north) and the cob can't set in due to frost. Jump the "one day" mental barrier, because the practicals barrier is basically non existent.

I hope your dream will one day become true.keep on holding to your vision till it manifests ,and good look with your journey !

Do you have a tour of it somewhere?

Are your pics on Instagram?

@Miles Doyle 💙❤❤💙❤❤💙

@Miles Doyle why did you randomly rant about Christianity? What does that have to do with anything?

Wow! This is the kind of house I'd like to live in.

Same here! It was definitely inspiring✨

22 and thinking the same

25. Same goal !!

Me 18, same goal.

The daughter looks like she is not even 1... I highly doubt she knows it yet and won't know it for a long while. 😑😑😑

So blessed to have such aware and in touch parents!

For the daughter I don't know, but I also live in a house like this that my parents built, and I'm aware of all the qualities it provides, and I think she'll learn a lot from her parents, like I did

Indian culture is copied by others and we are doing vice versa....

Where from u

True I love the mud houses our villages in North India had. Would build one for sure.

@@meenakshiprakash5177 hi

I had seen mud houses in many parts of the North East India when I was just a kid. But sadly, now......nowhere to find even a single of those!

Sounds like a great dream!!!

Actually there is a place kinda like this, I live there and my house is also "homemade" by my parents. It's in Belgium (Europe) so there is no tropical forest but we live under the trees and there is like 150 houses, no fences and we share a lot with our neighbours! Your dream came almost true!!

that’s literally how most west african villages were like before colonialism 😂😂 but apparently they were “primitive” when they did that

@@chroma._.5986it’s like that all over the world stop being skin color into it

@@user-ir1lu1ei4nits really not

In Bolivia as well. We have an Adobe house and it’s so much better then the houses here in the US. It’s crazy how indigenous people knew about sustainability and eco friendly homes back then before it became “popular” now.

@@luzorellana6638 all of this!!!! That’s how I’m going to make my house too

Only candles??? Was it a lot of candles

Yes, this is nothing new. My grandfather built adobe houses in the 1920’s.

@@onthehill3381 True in Africa 🌍 too.

Hey Veronica, do you have a blog / reading list/ etc.? I'm following in your footsteps (age-wise)!

@@rosemaryyeley6453 A window on Alentejo at blogspot. Also cobsessed on FB.

I want to build one too

@@veronicabalfourpaul2288 Oh, your blog is just beautiful, and so are your buildings. We had considered retirement in Portugal, but oy, the language! We ended up going to France in '92. Now it's just me, at 78, still loving the decision we made. My sympathies on the loss of your friend. Mourning takes a long time.

@@chezmoi42 Thank you.

I teach the techniques on my channel if you want to learn how! 🤗

Let's just hope that we all change our mindset to this in time to save the Earth :I

@@Lu-dm7rn I will repost this here also.....Great information and a seriously good idea. This should be incorporated into any socialistic Green New Deal so that anyone who wants an individual home would be forced to do something like this. Not only would folks become more appreciative of what they have because they would have to build it themselves, but the population of the US will drop from current +/-320million to 1960s levels (160million) in no time, curing Climate Change in the US.

If you're reading this, it's a sign that your youtube channel will be successful, never give up. Let’s help one another

@@kldottie6524 why are you repeating this over and over again?

Ikr!!! It’s amazing!

Where does the clay and sand come from and how is it processed?

@Norma Jean Vandever no need to be rude, they didn't know

It’s not processed, it just comes right out of the ground. I think clay is usually found near running water or places that used to get a lot of water. But basically you need to dig on your land and find out what kind of dirt you have.

I could never go back to not living in a mud home! 🤗🌱

@@turiyapanama 😃 😊 🙂 😀 😄

🙌🙌🌱💚

WOW, I live in Pa & I'm retired living in an apartment that's one bed room & way to big it's ridiculous! It's been my fantasy to live an easier life, all of my adult life! I've wished to cook & bake in a Tiny home! Big is never better, you just have more floor space to clean & so I'd rather be cooking one of my own Recipe's then a big floor any day! Give me cozy, quiet & small sweet space's.........

I'm a single woman with no kind of skills like thsi but if I could find an architect and builder to make my dream a reality I'd be thrilled!! You will have a prosperous business if you pursue this niche!💜🙏

You can look up old buildings in Yemen and Moroccan "Kasbah", especially those we have in the south. Good luck to you, I wish you a lot of success, we need more architects who can give us "earth friendly" building solutions for our modern times.

Always wanted to create a village like this, only full of metalheads and punks

Right that is the way things were supposed to be

They didn't outsmart it, so much as buy their way out of it. The land and the wood they used to build the ceiling and walls inside the home are expensive. The tree trunks holding up the foundation would need to be properly cured, and pass inspection. Wood from the trees around them is too soft to be used for that. The amount they did themselves is admirable, but it isn't just made out of dirt and straw. I'm not sure how they fit the windows without air leaks, but custom sized windows are very expensive. I love the home, and again, admire the hard work they did, but a lot of it was not do it yourself.

Such wonderful news! I’m so excited for you!! I don’t know you, but as my fellow human beings! I wish you the absolute best in your future endeavors! Oh, are you going to be documenting anything? I’ll check it out if you guys do! Blessings, to you and yours. ♥️

I like the way you think!

The birds can sing with her too!

With very minimal ability to survive in the real world

@@YYmmmYY the world they’re living in seems pretty real to me 🙂

@@Averybean98 witty but I meant in society. If you look at the amish kids, half of them want to leave as soon as they can.

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Ye and then the can build hostel, after that hotels, and after that they can build village and pronounce themselves their rulers and then can make army and conquer other cob houses.

i'll help you with it

At 70 I’m feeling the same way! But I’m in a wheelchair due to Rheumatoid Arthritis so there’s no possible way to create an incredible home like this cob house. I’m a widow after 47 years of marriage and I know that there won’t be a wonderful prince to come along and build me a little place of my own. I live in rural Tennessee in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains but I own no land. Too bad we can’t get some other old folks and have a little community of Cobb houses. 😉 Annie in TN

@@enas_h hermosicima felicitaciones

@@anthonyman8008 Me too

@@blondelebanese9922 I would help you too.!! 🙋

well, there are city people and there are non city people......

@@thecocktailian2091 good point. There are some city folks who could probably appreciate this from a far but it’s simply not their thing, and that’s quite alright. I’m one such person, and wouldn’t rule this type of house out completely, but im not one for grass (the feel of it under my feet makes me cringe lol) and/or mud. However, I think it’s great that they’ve built this house and are debt free. What a relief! Also probably so gratifying to know you’ve built this with your own 2 hands.

I do if you are interested! 🤗

Correct, but the journey becomes more satisfying when you manage to do it yourself. No excuse.

Not only that, but they life somewhere that the soil has a high clay content. Without that this becomes next to impossible

I think Amelia is just trying to say that it won't be as inexpensive for other people who might look at this video and think its inexpensive to achieve the same at $30,000. Its gonna cost people more money than their $30,000 because not everyone has the kind of financial help as they did. I personally didn't see the passive aggressiveness in the commentary.

@John Longdick In life there are a lot of things that should be obvious to everyone, but the truth of the matter is that not everyone will get the obvious and will romanticize this lifestyle, so its ok to clarify for those who this is not the obvious. not everything is political.

@John Longdick I disliked her envious comment also. But it was a little rude, presumptuous and inaccurate for you to turn this into a political thing. I am a Democrat and could not be more of a tree hugger, also grateful for my own provisions and not envious of the blessings of others. Democrats care very much about the environment and climate change and sustainable living, arguably more so than Republicans who seem to value profits and protecting corporate interests over the needs of our environment.

Clearly you haven't seen many earthen homes, as you say, or cob, I've seen dozens, I've yet to see one I'd refer to as grubby, though I've seen hundreds upon hundreds of middle class, upper middle class homes, 2500 to 4500 square feet,not only were the homes grubby and bleak, the owner, dwellers were gross, plastique Karen's and Darren's so gross

these are very good points you make, thank you

Love this comment thanks for sharing your expertise and good luck to you 💕

I totally agree!

Do you know how long cob lasts? Can it be repaired if it develops cracks on the outside of the house or the inner walls? I wonder how often a home like this would need to be rebuilt. I also wonder when they bought all the wood they use in the ceiling and to hold up the structure. It would be much more expensive now that prices have gone up so much. I'm also curious how they wash their clothes, bedding, etc. What did it take to pass inspection? I've heard that can be difficult with alternative style housing and tiny homes.

Same. Dont wanna sound like a creep, but do you want to switch mails or sth? I would love to have someone my age that can relate to that. I dont want to meet you or anything like that, but I would still understand a no

Same

Go for your dream! Theres never a better time than now

You may like my channel! I teach the techniques there 🤗🤗💚

😂cute! I always loved making mud pies too!!

And africa, and south asia, and South America. Literally everywhere since forever.

with time the cob solidifies .great technique

Me too!

I'm 18 and just discovering this. This is an absolutely beautiful type of house and I will live to one someday!

Supergrandma😍😍

What A Woman - Hear her Roar!!

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WOW, PROPS TO HER.

They don't make women like that anymore.

The best part is about plastering this shelves and 1:10 ratio.

There's plenty of inexpensive land in the US, if you are willing to work it. You can get decent land for $1500/acre.

@@jlydon29 Where? What states? Do you happen to have any links to where I can begin researching this? Thank you!

@@nikbks8637 Almost every state. www.landcentury.com/

@@jazmine9570 It depends on local code. It's different everywhere.

@@jlydon29 yeah but you need water and power and that costs a lot more. 1500 /acre will get you land in the middle of nowhere

I was thinking the very same thing. Many of my home & community is exactly made this way. The creativity around the homes is amazing!

They put down others for their own interests, but if it is them here all types of approvals, or compliments.

I didn't hear them put anyone down. Because they're white you assume they said setting bad about African cob homes? Sounds rather racist. Find out their beliefs before you judge them. It would save the world a lot of grief if you did so. Assumption is an inaccurate measure of your fellow humans. Have peace in your heart. Peace.

Something* not setting.

@@nikkiwilder660 ,my it is the whole universal concept, however you look at it .we can turn around as much we want ,but at the end it was along a SUPERIORITY game.It is so far in all history westerns who took from others not the way round .

I believe you are limited to the summer, and even then must avoid any rain. But it has been done even in Norway (recently, never traditionally).

Sometimes it would be nice to be nomadic. I think the tiny home cost is the price you pay for travel options.